14 CELASTRINE^E. XIX. SKIMMIA. XX. LEPTA. XXI. PERROTTETIA. XXII. DULONGIA. BREXIACE.E, &c. 



Canadian Nemopanthes. Fl. April, May. Clt. 1802. Shrub 

 .'3 feet. 



Cult. See hardy species of Prinos for culture and propa- 

 gation. 



XIX. SKI'MMIA (from mijama-skimmi, the name of the 

 plant in Japan). Thunb. fl. jap. 62. nov. gen. 57. D. C. prod. 

 2. p. 18. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, permanent, 

 4-parted. Petals 4, concave. Stamens 4, very sliort. Ovary 

 free? Style 1. Berry ovate, umbilicatc, obsoletely 4-furrowed, 

 somewhat 4-valved, containing mealy pulp inside. Seeds 4, 

 somewhat trigonal, oblong. Perhaps an Ilex or Euonymus, or 

 probably allied to R/iamntis. 



1 S. JAPONICA (Thunb. 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of Japan. 

 Leaves alternate, somewhat crowded in whorles, oblong, wavy, 

 evergreen. Flowers panicled. Kcempf. t. 5. Flex Skimmia, 

 Sprcng. syst. 1. p. 495. 



Japan Skimmia. Tree 20 feet ? 



Cult. See Cassme for culture and propagation, p. 13. 



XX. LE'PTA (from Xtrroj, leptos, minute ; flowers minute). 

 Lour. fl. coch. p. 82. D. C. prod. 2. p. 18. 



LIN. SYST. Tetrdndria, Monogynia. Calyx small, 4-partcd, 

 .spreading. Petals 4, somewhat triangular, furrowed, inflexed. 

 Stamens 4, inserted in the angles of the receptacle ; filaments 

 awl-shaped. Ovary roundish. Style almost none. Stigma 

 blunt. Berry 4-lobed ; lobes 1 -seeded. A much branched 

 shrub, with ternate, lanceolate, quite entire leaves, and axillary 

 compound racemes of small white flowers. This is a species of 

 Skimmia according to Juss., I'lex of Spreng., Vltis of Smith, and 

 Olhirn of Poir. but it is hardly known. 



1 L. TRIPHY'LLA (Lour. 1. c.) Jj . G. Native of Cochin- 

 china, in woods. Tlex Lepta, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 496. 



Three-leaded Lepta. Shrub 10 feet. 



Cult. See Cassine for culture and propagation, p. 1 3. 



j" Genera allied to Celastrinece, but differ materially in the 

 aestivation of the petals. 



XXI. PERROTTETIA (in honour of Perrottet, a bota- 

 nical collector, who travelled in Guiana and Madagascar). H. 

 B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 73. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-lobed, regular, 

 permanent. Petals 5, inserted under the disk, sessile, ovate, 

 acute, longer than the calyx, permanent, valvate in aestivation. 

 Stamens 5, inserted with the petals, and alternating with them, 

 free, permanent. Anthers roundish, kidney-shaped, 2-celled. 

 Disk orbicular, filling the bottom of the flower. Ovary superior, 

 half immersed in the disk, 2-celled, and with 2 ovula in each 

 cell. Stigma sessile, obtuse. Berry subglobose, containing 1-2 

 wrinkled nuts. An unarmed shrub, with alternate, simple, 

 entire, dotless leaves, with twin petiolar stipulas. Panicles axil- 

 lary, bracteate. Flowers very minute, sessile, in fascicles, dark- 

 purple. 



1 P. QqiNDiUE'Nsis (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 75. 

 t. 622.) (7.8. Native of South America, on Mount Quindiu. 



Qu/ndiu Perrottetia. Shrub 5 to 6 feet. 



Cult. Loam and sand is a good mixture for this shrub ; and 

 ripened cuttings will root in heat. 



XXII. DULO'NGIA (in honour of Peter Louis Dulong, a 

 learned physician, and member of the Academy of Sciences of 

 Paris). H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 78. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Digynia. Calyx adnate to the ovary, 

 with a free 5-toothed limb. Petals 5, inserted round the base 

 of the disk, sessile, ovate, valvate in aestivation. Stamens 5, 



free, inserted with the petals. Anthers 2-celled, didymous. 

 Ovary inferior, 2-celled, having 6 ova in one cell, and 3 in 

 the other. Disk orbicular, rather convex. Stigmas 2, sessile, 

 acutish. Fruit globose, baccate, pea-formed, crowned by the 

 permanent calyx, petals and stamens half-2-celled ; cells 2-3- 

 seeded, tuberculated. An unarmed shrub, with alternate, sim- 

 ple, exstipulate leaves. Peduncles rising from the middle nerve 

 of the leaf, branched, many-flowered. Flowers stalked, minute, 

 white. 



1 D. ACUMINA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 7. p. 78. 

 t. 626.) Tj . S. Native of South America, near Popayan. 

 Phyllonoma ruscifolia, Willd. in Roem. et Schult. syst. 6. p. 210. 



J4cuminated-\eaved Dulongia. Shrub 6 feet. 



Cult. See last genus for culture and propagation. 



ORDER LXV. BREXIA'CE^ (the order only contains the 

 genus Brexia). Lindl. introd. nat. syst. p. 112. 



Calyx inferior, small, permanent, 5-parted, imbricate in aesti- 

 vation. Petals hypogynous, also imbricate in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens 5, hypogynous, alternating with the petals, arising from a 

 narrow cup, which is toothed between each stamen ; anthers 

 oval, innate, 2-celled, bursting lengthwise. Style one, conti- 

 nuous, crowned by a simple stigma. Fruit drupaceous, 5- 

 celled, many seeded. Seeds attached to the axis, without albu- 

 men. Embryo with ovate, obtuse cotyledons, and a cylindrical 

 centripetal radicle Trees, with nearly simple stems. Leaves 

 alternate, simple, without dots, and furnished with minute deci- 

 duous stipulas. Flowers green, in axillary umbels, surrounded 

 by bracteas on the outside. This order differs from Celaslrmece 

 in the hypogynous insertion of the stamens, and in the numerous 

 seeds. It agrees with Pittosporece in the insertion and definite 

 number of stamens, as well as in the fruit being many seeded ; 

 but it differs in many important characters. 



I. BRE'XIA (from fipifa, brexis, rain ; the leaves afford 

 protection against rain). Pet. Th. mad. 69. Venana, Lam. ill. 

 2. t. 99. no. 365. t. 131. diet. 8. p. 450. 



Character the same as the order. 



1 B. MADAGASCARIE'NSIS (Pet. Th. gen. mad. no. 69.) leaves 

 obovate or oblong, entire, while young minutely gland-toothed. 

 Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. Ker. bot. reg. 730. 



Madagascar Brexia. Fl. June. Clt. 1812. Tree 20 feet. 



2 B. SPINOSA (Lindl. bot. reg. 872.) leaves lanceolate, long, 

 spiny-toothed. Tj . S. Native of Madagascar. 



Spiny Brexia. Fl. June. Clt. 1812. Tree 20 feet. 



3 B. CHRYSOPHY'LLA (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 492.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, yellowish, entire or slightly and sparingly toothed. Ij . S. 

 Native of Madagascar. 



Golden-leav ed Brexia. Clt. 1820. Tree 20 feet. 



Cult. Elegant trees, with fine foliage. They will grow 

 freely in a mixture of turfy loam and peat ; and cuttings with 

 their leaves not shortened strike readily in sand under a hand- 

 glass in heat, or a leaf torn off with a bud attached will grow. 



ORDER LX VI. ILICF NEjE (plants agreeing with I'lex in im- 

 portant characters). Brogn. mem. Rhamneae, p. 16. 



Calyx of 4-5 sepals, imbricate in aestivation. Corolla sub- 

 monopetalous (f. 3. a.), deeply divided, imbricate in aestiva- 

 tion, inserted under the ovary (f. 3. d.~). Stamens alternating 

 with the petals (f. 3. b.), rarely opposite them, and inserted in 

 the corolla (f. 3. b.) ; filaments erect. Anthers 2-celled ; 



